- Date
- May 17, 1991, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vanndale, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8106KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910517016519A
- Case key
- 23194
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to verify his weight and balance. A factor was the soft terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During agriculture operations the airplane was being loaded by an unsupervised helper who was not familiar with weight limitations of the airplane. The helper filled the hopper to the top. The pilot did not check his load prior to takeoff nor did he attempt to compute a weight and balance. The load in the hopper resulted in the airplane being over the maximum gross weight. Following the takeoff and during the initial climb the airplane failed to establish a normal climb rate and the pilot landed in a cultivated field and the main landing gear sank into the soft earth and the airplane nosed over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8106K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 567B
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Norman L. Burnette
- Registered owner
- Burnette Flying Service
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.